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Chapter 4 Vocabulary

28 Points
Due January 18, 2019
Across
mechanically attaches adjacent cells to each other or to the basement membrane
group of cells that secrete mucous, a thick, slippery substance that keeps tissues moist and acts as a lubricant
unicellular gland found in columnar epithelium that secretes mucous
release of a substance caused by the rupture of a gland cell, which becomes part of the secretion
extracellular material which is produced by the cells embedded in it, containing ground substance and fibers
specialized cells that circulate in a watery fluid containing salts, nutrients, and dissolved proteins
layer of lipid inside some neuroglial cells that wraps around the axons of some neurons
loss of mass and function
excitable neural cell that transfer nerve impulses
muscle cell
tissue that lines vessels of the lymphatic and cardiovascular system, made up of a simple squamous epithelium
outermost embryonic germ layer from which the epidermis and the nervous tissue derive
Down
type of connective tissue proper that shows little specialization with cells dispersed in the matrix
type of tissue that serves primarily as a covering or lining of body parts, protecting the body; it also functions in absorption, transport, and secretion
adult stem cell from which most connective tissue cells are derived
flexible fibrous proteins that give connective tissue tensile strength
accidental death of cells and tissues
release of a substance from a gland via exocytosis
simple squamous epithelial tissue which covers the major body cavities and is the epithelial portion of serous membranes
middle embryonic germ layer from which connective tissue, muscle tissue, and some epithelial tissue derive
type of cartilage, with elastin as the major protein, characterized by rigid support as well as elasticity
skin; epithelial tissue made up of a stratified squamous epithelial cells that cover the outside of the body
most common type of cartilage, smooth and made of short collagen fibers embedded in a chondroitin sulfate ground substance
lipid storage cells
small spaces in bone or cartilage tissue that cells occupy
that part of a cell or tissue which, in general, faces an open space
less active form of fibroblast
star-shaped cell in the central nervous system that regulates ions and uptake and/or breakdown of some neurotransmitters and contributes to the formation of the blood-brain barrier